1915 VPI Gobblers football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 1915 VPI Gobblers football South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association SAIAA 4–4 0–1 Branch Bocock 6th Vincent Bargmant Dixon Miles Field The 1915 VPI Gobblers football team represented Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute in the 1915 college football season. The team was led by their head coach Branch Bocock and finished with a record of four wins and four losses (4–4). Schedule September 25 w y 1915 Roanoke Maroons Roanoke Miles Field Blacksburg, VA 26–0 Techs Win From Roanoke https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045389/1915-09-26/ed-1/seq-26/ Library of Congress Richmond Times-Dispatch September 26, 1915 26 March 7, 2022Roanoke College Defeated By V.P.I. https://virginiachronicle.com/?a=d&d=TWN19150927.1.7&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------- Library of Virginia The World News September 27, 1915 7 February 17, 2022 October 2 w y 1915 Randolph–Macon Yellow Jackets Randolph–Macon Miles Field Blacksburg, VA 20–3 Jackets Get Field Goal https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045389/1915-10-03/ed-1/seq-29/ Library of Congress Richmond Times-Dispatch October 3, 1915 29 February 1, 2022 October 9 w y 1915 Hampden–Sydney Tigers Hampden–Sydney Miles Field Blacksburg, VA 19–0 V.P.I. Wins Dull Game https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045389/1915-10-10/ed-1/seq-27/ Library of Congress Richmond Times-Dispatch October 10, 1915 27 February 1, 2022 October 16 l y Washington and Lee Fair Grounds Roanoke, VA 0–13 4,000 Generals Defeat Techs 13 To 0 https://dspace.wlu.edu/bitstream/handle/11021/27825/RG39_RTP_19151019.pdf Washington and Lee University Ring-tum Phi October 19, 1915 1 February 1, 2022Cy Young Badly Injured https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045389/1915-10-17/ed-1/seq-23/ Library of Congress Richmond Times-Dispatch October 17, 1915 23 February 1, 2022Washington & Lee Swamped V.P.I. In Roanoke https://virginiachronicle.com/?a=d&d=LG19151020.1.5&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------- Library of Virginia The Lexington Gazette October 20, 1915 5 December 9, 2022 October 23 l y y Navy Worden Field Annapolis, MD 0–20 The 20-0 Victory of Middies Vs. Polys https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn88065726/1915-10-25/ed-1/seq-1/ Library of Congress Evening Capital and Maryland Gazette October 25, 1915 1 January 31, 2022Techs Lose To Middies https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045389/1915-10-24/ed-1/seq-25/ Library of Congress Richmond Times-Dispatch October 24, 1915 25 February 1, 2022 October 30 l y y Cornell Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY 0–45 Cornell Finds Weak Opposition In Virginia Poly https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1915-10-31/ed-1/seq-15/ Library of Congress New-York Tribune October 31, 1915 15 January 31, 2022New Forward Pass Sprung By Cornell https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030272/1915-10-31/ed-1/seq-13/ Library of Congress The Sun October 31, 1915 13 January 31, 2022Techs Lose To Cornell https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045389/1915-10-31/ed-1/seq-26/ Library of Congress Richmond Times-Dispatch October 31, 1915 26 February 2, 2022 November 13 l y y West Virginia WVU Athletic Field Morgantown, WV rivalry 0–19 https://www.newspapers.com/article/pittsburgh-post-gazette-west-virginia-bl/151778467/ The Pittsburgh Gazette Times West Virginia blanks Virginia Polytechnics, 19–0 November 14, 1915 July 21, 2024 Newspapers.comMountaineers Win From Virginia Team https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85059732/1915-11-14/ed-1/seq-11/ Library of Congress The Sunday Telegram November 14, 1915 11 January 28, 2022Another Nice Scalp For W.V.U. Team https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86072054/1915-11-15/ed-1/seq-8/ Library of Congress The West Virginian November 15, 1915 8 January 31, 2022 November 25 2:30 p.m. w y y VMI Fair Grounds Roanoke, VA rivalry 27–9 Tech Outplays V.M.I. https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045389/1915-11-26/ed-1/seq-8/ Library of Congress Richmond Times-Dispatch November 26, 1915 8 February 3, 2022V.P.I. Piles Up Big Score On V.M.I. In Annual Game Here https://virginiachronicle.com/?a=d&d=TWN19151126.1.7&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------- Library of Virginia The World News November 26, 1915 7 February 17, 2022V.M.I. Loses Thanksgiving Game https://digitalcollections.vmi.edu/digital/collection/p15821coll8/id/1803/rec/1 Virginia Military Institute The Cadet November 29, 1915 6 February 22, 2022 Before the season The 1914 VPI Gobblers football team compiled a 6–2–1 record and were led by Branch Bocock in his fifth season as head coach. Game summaries Roanoke Roanoke vs. VPI Roanoke VPI 3 0 0 0 7 7 6 6 September 25 Miles FieldBlacksburg, VA Harlan Sanborn VPI's first game of the season was a victory over Roanoke at Miles Field. The starting lineup for VPI was: Cottrell (left end), Parrish (left tackle), A. B. Moore (left guard), Henderson (center), Treakle (right guard), Caffee (right tackle), A. P. Moore (right end), Terry (quarterback), Dixon (left halfback), Denny (right halfback), Redd (fullback).The substitutes were: Benedict, Bopp, Clemmer, F. A. Engleby, J. T. Engleby, Funkhouser, Graves, Gregory, Hall, Howell, Huddle and Logan. The starting lineup for Roanoke was: J. M. Davidson (left end), Rock Norman (left tackle), F. Kinser (left guard), D. O'Flaherty (center), J. Hyram Roe (right guard), S. L. Bonham (right tackle), M. L. Williams (right end), Douglas Bunting (quarterback), G. S. Hoffman (left halfback), R. H. Duncan (right halfback), J. H. Bonham (fullback). The substitutes were: J. W. Blue, W. M. Bowers, Flannigan, A. M. Groseclose and B. D. Painter. Randolph–Macon Randolph–Macon vs. VPI RM VPI 3 0 0 0 0 7 7 6 October 2 Miles FieldBlacksburg, VA Harlan Sanborn After their victory over Roanoke, VPI played Randolph–Macon College at Miles Field. The starting lineup for VPI was: Gregory (left end), Parrish (left tackle), A. B. Moore (left guard), Henderson (center), Benedict (right guard), Hall (right tackle), Huddle (right end), Terry (quarterback), Funkhouser (left halfback), Denny (right halfback), Treakle (fullback). The substitutes were: Dixon, J. T. Engleby, Graves, A. P. Moore, Powell and Redd. The starting lineup for Randolph–Macon was: Patterson (left end), Hastings Hopkins (left tackle), Morton (left guard), Hudnall (center), Gilbert Bush (right guard), Robert Scott (right tackle), William Scott (right end), Lancaster (quarterback), Young (left halfback), Gates Richardson (right halfback), Ingham (fullback). The substitutes were: Bassett and Woodson. Hampden–Sydney Hampden–Sydney vs. VPI HS VPI 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 0 October 9 Miles FieldBlacksburg, VA Harlan Sanborn The starting lineup for VPI was: Huddle (left end), Parrish (left tackle), A. B. Moore (left guard), Henderson (center), Bopp (right guard), Caffee (right tackle), A. P. Moore (right end), Funkhouser (quarterback), Denny (left halfback), Powell (right halfback), Treakle (fullback). The substitutes were: Clemmer, Cottrell, Dixon, Engleby, Gregory, Hall, Harvey, Logan, Redd and Terry. The starting lineup for Hampden–Sydney was: Walter Aylor (left end), John Shackelford (left tackle), Royster Lyle (left guard), Robert Gillespie (center), Ernest Herzig (right guard), Hank Crisp (right tackle), F. G. Goolsby (right end), Charles Bugg (quarterback), Thomas Parrish (left halfback), Edgar Pendleton (right halfback), James Warren (fullback). The substitutes were: Peyton Palmore and Zimmerman. Washington and Lee Washington & Lee vs. VPI W&L VPI 7 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 October 16 Roanoke, VA 4,000 Paul Magoffin 1915 Washington and Lee Generals football team The starting lineup for VPI was: Cottrell (left end), Bopp (left tackle), A. B. Moore (left guard), Henderson (center), Benedict (right guard), Caffee (right tackle), A. P. Moore (right end), Dixon (quarterback), Funkhouser (left halfback), Powell (right halfback), Redd (fullback). The substitutes were: Denny, Gregory, Hall, Huddle, Parrish and Treakle. The starting lineup for Washington and Lee was: J. J. Izard (left end), Ted Shultz (left tackle), B. D. Bryan (left guard), Al Pierotti (center), F. M. Dingwall (right guard), Robert Ignico (right tackle), John Harrison (right end), Harry "Cy" Young (quarterback), Johnny Barrett (left halfback), Fred Sweetland (right halfback), J. H. Sorrells (fullback). The substitutes were: Lawrence Bagley, Turner Bethel and S. M. Graham. Navy VPI at Navy VPI Navy 0 0 0 0 0 6 13 1 October 23 Worden FieldAnnapolis, MD Tom Thorp 1915 Navy Midshipmen football team The starting lineup for VPI was: Gregory (left end), Benedict (left tackle), A. B. Moore (left guard), Henderson (center), Parrish (right guard), Caffee (right tackle), Hall (right end), Dixon (quarterback), Funkhouser (left halfback), Powell (right halfback), Redd (fullback). The substitutes were: Denny and Huddle. The starting lineup for Navy was: Jesse Kenworthy (left end), Clarence Ward (left tackle), Merrill Kercher (left guard), H. Goodstein (center), Eugene Smith (right guard), Arthur Gilman (right tackle), Thomas Harrison (right end), Arthur Miles (quarterback), Frederick Westphall (left halfback), Harold Martin (right halfback), Ernest Von Heimburg (fullback). The substitutes were: Clark, Carlyle Craig, Robert Dashiell, Ward Davis, Thomas Fisher, Benjamin Holcombe, W. C. Luth and Louis Vail. Cornell VPI at Cornell VPI Cornell 0 0 0 0 14 13 12 6 October 30 Schoellkopf FieldIthaca, NY Gillender(Pennsylvania) 1915 Cornell Big Red football team The starting lineup for VPI was: Cottrell (left end), Benedict (left tackle), Bopp (left guard), A. B. Moore (center), Treakle (right guard), Parrish (right tackle), Hall (right end), Terry (quarterback), Engleby (left halfback), Powell (right halfback), Redd (fullback). The substitutes were: Dixon, Gray, Gregory, Henderson, Lybrook and A. P. Moore. The starting lineup for Cornell was: Murray Shelton (left end), William Jameson (left tackle), Peter Miller (left guard), Gib Cool (center), Edward Anderson (right guard), Fred Gillies (right tackle), Paul Eckley (right end), Charley Barrett (quarterback), Carlton Collins (left halfback), Fritz Shiverick (right halfback), Lucien Mueller (fullback). The substitutes were: George Bard, Horace Benedict, Wiser Brown, Carey, Wesley Dixon, Fisher, Arthur Hoffman, Rexford Jewett, Edwin Kleinert, John Lewis, Masson, McCormick, John McKeage, Robert Ryerson, Fred P. Schlichter, Arthur Shock, Herbert Snyder and Roy Zander. Cancelled Game with King College VPI was scheduled to play King College on November 6 in Blacksburg, Virginia.V.P.I. Schedule For Season Is Announced https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045389/1915-08-22/ed-1/seq-13/ Library of Congress Richmond Times-Dispatch August 22, 1915 13 February 2, 2022 West Virginia VPI at West Virginia VPI WVU 0 0 19 0 November 13 Morgantown, WV Jack Gass 1915 West Virginia Mountaineers football team The starting lineup for VPI was: Huddle (left end), Benedict (left tackle), A. P. Moore (left guard), A. B. Moore (center), Bopp (right guard), Parrish (right tackle), Hall (right end), Terry (quarterback), Dixon (left halfback), Powell (right halfback), Redd (fullback). The substitutes were: Cottrell, Engleby and Henderson. The starting lineup for West Virginia was: Harold Hutchinson (left end), Russ Bailey (left tackle), Howard Henrie (left guard), Oscar Lambert (center), Dorsey Brannon (right guard), J. Burns Webster (right tackle), Jasper Colebank (right end), Fred Chenoweth (quarterback), Clay Hite (left halfback), Harry Curry (right halfback), Rip King (fullback). The substitutes were: Glenn Allen, Victor Biddle, William Dougher, Jack Latterner, Carl Leatherwood and G. Andrew Northcott. VMI VMI vs. VPI VMI VPI 0 0 3 6 10 10 0 7 November 25 Fair GroundsRoanoke, VA 2:30 p.m. Langford(Trinity) 1915 VMI Keydets football team The starting lineup for VPI was: Gregory (left end), Benedict (left tackle), A. P. Moore (left guard), A. B. Moore (center), Bopp (right guard), Parrish (right tackle), Gaines (right end), Funkhouser (quarterback), Huddle (left halfback), Powell (right halfback), Redd (fullback). The substitutes were: Caffee, Dixon, Engleby, Hall and Henderson. The starting lineup for VMI was: Mose Goodman (left end), Matthew Steele (left tackle), John Pitts (left guard), George Snead (center), Sterling Heflin (right guard), Cullom (right tackle), Nathaniel Massie (right end), Stanton Bertschey (quarterback), James Nelms (left halfback), Carlos Fetterolf (right halfback), Harris (fullback). The substitutes were: Ayers, Oliver Bucher, John Fechheimer, Gray, Hawkins, Peyton Marshall, Mason, McCormick, McCown, Paul, Lindsay Pitts and Sullivan. After the season In December 1915, the VPI players elected John Staub Caffee as captain of the 1916 VPI Gobblers football team.Caffee Heads V.P.I. Eleven https://www.virginiachronicle.com/?a=d&d=VPTNL19151210.1.11&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN--------- Library of Virginia Virginian-Pilot and the Norfolk Landmark December 10, 1915 11 April 15, 2026 Players Roster VPI 1915 rosterQuarterbacks Joseph Thomas Engleby Edward Kramer Funkhouser Arthur Palfrey Terry Guards Arthur Penick Moore George Ellsworth Treakle Tackles Loyal Clark Benedict Harry Joe Bopp John Staub Caffee Harry Temple ParrishCenters Robert Ashby Henderson Arthur Blakie Moore Ends Benjamin Cottrell James Atkins Gregory Lyle George Hall Halfbacks Vincent Bargmant Dixon (Capt.) Robert Evans Denny David Nicholas Huddle James Franklin Powell Fullback Henry ReddSubstitutes Thomas Franklin Clemmer Allen Ernest Cloyd Frederick Dean Frank Allison Engleby Leonard Myrton Gaines Turner Ashby Graves Francis Alexander Gray Richard Harvey Percy Stuart Hayden Russell Minor Howell Charles Lewter Logan William Murry Lybrook Harry Douglas Roden Henry Luck Rosenbaum John Lee Thompson Walter Lee Turner Charles Evans Whitmore W. R. Williams Monogram Club members Eighteen players received monograms for their participation on the 1915 VPI team. Player Hometown Notes Loyal Clark Benedict Farmville, Virginia Harry Joe Bopp Pulaski, Virginia John Staub Caffee Norfolk, Virginia Benjamin Cottrell Richmond, Virginia Robert Evans Denny Vincent Bargmant Dixon Phoebus, Virginia Edward Kramer Funkhouser Harrisonburg, Virginia James Atkins Gregory Chase City, Virginia Lysle George Hall Charlottesville, Virginia Robert Ashby Henderson David Nicholas Huddle Arthur Blakie Moore Buchanan, Virginia Fought in World War I and was killed during the Meuse–Argonne offensive. Arthur Penick Moore Ringgold, Virginia Harry Temple Parrish Bristol, Virginia James Franklin Powell Hampton, Virginia Henry Redd Martinsville, Virginia Arthur Palfrey Terry George Ellsworth Treakle Coaching and training staff Head coach: Branch Bocock Assistant coach: Donald Munsick Manager: William Louis Cogbill, Jr. Assistant managers Walton Marshall Ellingsworth John Howell East Paxton Stuart Campbell References VPI Category:Virginia Tech Hokies football seasons VPI Gobblers football